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  1. Five inmates at the Freetown Female Correctional Centre in Sierra Leone are seen from behind wearing grey polo shirts, light green shorts and green socks, but no boots, on a football pitch during a training session

  2. A screengrab of Security Minister Mahamadou Sana while making the attempt coup announcement on Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB) on 21 April

  3. Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama

  4. A woman clasps her hands in prayer as she stands at the front of a congregation in the Municipal Cathedral in San Jose on Monday

  5. Crowds cheer Pope Francis as he arrives at Kololo airstrip in Kampala

  6. Two lines of female contestants flank Messiah Hailemeskel. Two of the women playfully clutch Mr Messiah.

  7. Floyd Shivambu raising his first at a rally in December 2024. He is wearing a black cap with the letters MKP and a bright green and white shirt

  8. A lion standing in Nairobi National Park

  9. A close-up of Joseph Kabila with a shaved head and a beard, wearing a dark blue suit. He was speaking in Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 18, 2025.

  10. Sarah Williams, with an orange headscarf, sitting with two of her children in her lap

  11. Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, head of the National Salvation Front, speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia February 15, 2023

  12. A screenshot from the film Aano Qabiil showing four crouching gunmen and a clan leader, three wearing turbans, laughing as they look down at a dead body (not shown).

  13. Fathiya Mohammed looks at the camera, wearing a beaded necklace and yellow headscarf

  14. Tidjane Thiam poses for a photo against a black background. He wears glasses and a suit.

  15. Woman wearing a crown made of palm leaves holds up three burning sticks.

  16. A man with short grey hair and wearing a dark grey jacket is in front of a blue background.

  17. A close-up photo of a woman's hand using a laptop.

  18. Security forces stand outside a hotel in Beledweyne city after an attack by al-Shabab on March 12, 2025.

  19. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Zimbabwe skipper Craig Ervine with the Test series trophy after the series was shared

  20. The Burundi orphan boys wearing blue Coleg Menai football kits. They are all different ages, some are smiling at the camera, some aren't. Behind the boys is the orphanage.

  21. Gambian soldier

  22. Aaron Boupendza wears a white FC Cincinnati shirt with blue trim during a MLS game

  23. A picture from 2022 shows France's president with his Algerian counterpart after a press conference in Algiers

  24. Milkias Maekele, wearing a white cycle helmet, sunglasses and a green and grey patterned cycling outfit, is seen on a bike on a road with the sea and a blue sky in the distance